NATIONALSOZIALIZMUS UND RELIGION – RECHTLICHE POSITION VON EVANGELISCHEN UND KATOLISCHEN KIRCHEN IN NAZI-DEUTSCHLAND

Author(s): Ewelina Janas / Language(s): German Issue: 24/2014

Celem pracy jest przedstawienie zmian, jakie zachodziły w pozycji prawnej kościołów protestanckiego i katolickiego w nazistowskich Niemczech, ich przyczyn oraz następstw. W szczególności analizie poddane zostały procesy zmierzające do utworzenia organizacji takich, jak Deutsche Christen i kroki prawne podejmowane w celu objęcia nadzoru nad kościołami przez administrację rządową. Opisane zostały również praktyki Gestapo dotyczące zwalczania religijności na terenach okupowanych. Poruszony został temat powstania religijnego ruchu oporu pod postacią organizacji Kościoła Wyznającego (Bekennende Kirche) oraz Pogotowia Pastorów (Pfarrernotbund). Przedstawione zostało stanowisko Watykanu wyrażone encykliką papieża Piusa XI „Mit brennender Sorge”. Całość rozważań prowadzi do syntezy wszelkich transformacji jakim zostały poddane kościoły katolicki i protestancki w latach 1933-1945.

Zabytkowe srebra kościoła pw. Wniebowzięcia NMP w Skrzatuszu

Author(s): Marek Fijałkowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

The article discusses the historic silver in the Catholic Church in Skrzatusz. There are objectsfrom the seventeenth to twentieth century, both existing and missing.

„Mane nobiscum Domine”. Tradycja pielgrzymek do Świętej Hostii w pomorskich Osiekach

Author(s): Henryk Romanik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

The Gothic church which stands on the eastern shore of Lake Jamno and to the south of Mountain Chełmska near Koszalin with its traditions of medieval shrine of the Virgin Mary also enjoys the legend of pilgrimages. The extensive restoration work is associated with the search for historical traces of worship of Osieki Miraculous Host from 1400 to the beginning of the Lutheran reform in Pomerania (1535). The Osieki tradition (formerly Wusseken) is considered particularly with the Eucharistic movement in XV century around the shrines of Pomerania (within the historical boundaries), Mecklenburg and Brandenburg. The architecture and history of the expansion of the temple suggest the dynamic development of religious life in this seaside part of Poland. We have found plenty of information about Osieki Eucharistic miracle in the annals and literary heritage of the Church of Pomerania during Reformation. The older and contemporary historiography requires critical reading of studies that often duplicates negative stereotypes in stories about the "dark ages" and their superstitions seen in various forms of Catholic piety.The preserved equipment of the temple comes mostly from XVII century and has the typical characteristics of Lutheran baroque ( a pulpit from 1672, an altar from 1616, a baptismal font from about 1650, an epitaph from 1710). It expresses the spirituality of that time rooted in the Bible and focused on the apostolic tradition. The preparation of the conservation draft requires the knowledge about the oldest religious tradition of the temple expressed in the Gothic aesthetics and symbolism. It provokes a new poetic creativity in prayer that helps in shaping modern Eucharistic ministry in Osieki that is open to regular parish life, tourists during holiday and pilgrims to host on their Pomeranian Way of St. James or the Cistercian Way. The multi-faceted work around the temple in Osieki combines with the hope that this holy place become an interesting place for pilgrimages paths forming a European Christian civilization.

Tadeusz Ceynowa, Inwentarz archiwalny. Materiały archiwalne przekazane przez diecezję gorzowską nowo erygowanej diecezji koszalińsko-kołobrzeskiej z lat 1945-1972, Koszalin 2012, ss. 110

Author(s): Jarosław Wąsowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

Johannesbote Rundbrief des Heimatwerkes der Katholiken aus der Freien Prälatur Schneidemühl (Grenzmark Posen Westpreuβen) 66(2014) Weihnachten

Author(s): Tadeusz Ceynowa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

XXXII Tydzień Kultury Chrześcijańskiej w Trzciance 19-26.04.2015 r.

Author(s): Edwin Klessa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

XVII Dni Kultury Chrześcijańskiej w Wałczu

Author(s): Alicja Kuczkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

Sprawozdanie z drugiej edycji cyklu wykładów Kościelne Dzieje Piły, (Piła, 16 września 2014 r. – 10 czerwca 2015 r.)

Author(s): Jarosław Wąsowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

In die alte heimat – o pielgrzymowaniu niemieckich katolików do byłej Wolnej Prałatury Pilskiej w relacjach Johannesbote (cz. I)

Author(s): Krzysztof Zadarko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

Ruch pielgrzymkowy z pilskich parafii do sanktuarium Matki Boskiej Bolesnej w Skrzatuszu w 80. latach XX w.

Author(s): Jarosław Wąsowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

Pozadiecezjalne pielgrzymowanie do Skrzatusza

Author(s): Tadeusz Ceynowa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

Kalendarium ważniejszych wydarzeń z dziejów Skrzatusza

Author(s): Tadeusz Ceynowa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

Herb gminy Szydłowo jako przejaw kultu Matki Boskiej Skrzatuskiej

Author(s): Jarosław Wąsowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

Sprawozdanie z pierwszej edycji cyklu wykładów Kościelne Dzieje Piły przygotowanych z okazji jubileuszu 500-lecia miasta (Piła, 8 października 2013 r. – 25 czerwca 2014 r.)

Author(s): Jarosław Wąsowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

XXXI Tydzień Kultury Chrześcijańskiej w Trzciance

Author(s): Jadwiga Witkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

Duchowi przewodnicy niemieckich katolików w pielgrzymkach do Skrzatusza w relacjach Johannesbote

Author(s): Krzysztof Zadarko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 5/2017

The article analyzes the memories of pilgrims coming to the Marian shrines in Skrzatusz and Rokitno and to the former Free Prelature of Pila (Piła) in the years 1983–2013. These were printed in the same time in the Prelature’s journal Johannesbote. The whole picture of pilgrimage testimonies consists of not only their personal, internal, and religious experiences. They are tightly connected with the painful war history and complicated Polish-German relations. The clergy plays an important role in shaping the attitudes of German Catholics not only in sole faith, but also in relations with Poles, in the overwork of their common history. We can read of some concrete figures of bishops and priests who were also expelled, sharing the fate of their faithful for the rest of their lives. These are testimonies of gratitude of Catholics for their faithful life, the sacraments received, and for help to build a new identity in their postwar history.

Srebrny jubileusz pracy sióstr szensztackich na białoruskiej ziemi 1990-2015

Author(s): Marcelina Migacz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 36/2015

The International Schoenstatt Movement is the idea of Fr. Joseph Kentenich, who wanted to spread it in Eastern Europe. He often spoke of Russia, bearing in mind the then Soviet Union territory (1922-1991). In 1976, sisters of the Polish Province of the Schoenstatt Institute of the Sisters of Mary created the Missionary Circle, whose members prayed for the mission and then undertook to organize their trips and work beyond the Polish Eastern border. On May 29, 1990, the first sisters departed from the Sanctuary of the Mother Thrice Admirable in Otwock-Świder to Grodno (then in the Republic of Belarus). They served in the parishes of St. Mary of the Angels and of St. Francis Xavier and of Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in Grodno and Indura, Brzostowica, Kwasówka, Mosty, Mosty Prawe, Mikielowszczyzna, Różanka, Balla Kościelna, Grandzicze, Putriszki, and Minsk. They conducted catechesis sessions preparing for the sacrament of Confession and Holy Communion. They undertook charity work by organizing Caritas, apostolic work among girls, mothers and families of Schoenstatt, the Apostles of Mary, the circles of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the pilgrimage sanctuaries of Mater Ter Admirabilis, and the retreats for girls. In 2015, the sisters celebrated the 25th jubilee of their work in Belarus.

Vilniaus Vyskupas Jurgis Matulaitis : Tarp Dvasinio Pašaukimo Ir Politikos

Author(s): Kęstutis Žemaitis / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 63/2010

The beginning of twentieth century was marked with big political changes in Lithuania. Lithuania gained freedom, but difficult loses also followed: the loosing of Seinai – Suvalkai region and later neighboring Poland’s invasion of an independent country and occupying the nation‘s capital of Vilnius and its region. Vilnius became a painful problem of Lithuanian nation. Any Lithuanian activity became a big issue in Vilnius at that time. In some cases the efforts to make the region Polish took place even in Church institutions. When Jurgis Matulaitis, who was Lithuanian, was installed as bishop of Vilnius he had to choose between his pastoral care of the people and political pragmatism. The life presented a difficult dilemma: to hold on to the principals of justice or to become the instrument of political intrigues. The ministry of J. Matulaitis in Vilnius revealed his spiritual maturity in the midst of the most difficult political events.

THE SAXON COMMUNITY IN CÂMPULUNG/LANGENAU (WALLACHIA) ACCORDING TO A STATUS ANIMARUM FROM 1646

Author(s): Alexandru Ciocîltan / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2017

The object of the present study is a status animarum of the Catholic Saxon parish in Câmpulung/Langenau (Wallachia) drafted by the Franciscan rector Francesco Maria Spera da Narni. The document is an appendix to a letter he sent on August 15th 1646 to the cardinals of the Holy Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. The source registered the names of all the parishioners, while the age has been mentioned only for children and widows. The text offers us the possibility to better understand a community with deep Lutheran nostalgia in the age of the Counter-Reformation.

Nuncjatura Apostolska bez nuncjusza w Czechosłowacji okresu międzywojennego

Author(s): Marek Šmíd / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2015

The study focuses on the period of the First Czechoslovak Republic, when the Apostolic Nunciature in Prague was vacant and represented only by chargé d‘affaires, who were in charge of the Vatican embassy. During the interwar period this happened twice, in 1925–1928 and 1934–1935, in both cases for appeal of the Apostolic Nuncio to Rome. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Nunciature was headed by very able officials who analysed the political-religious situation in the country and informed the high Vatican circles about important events in Czechoslovakia. At the same time, they attended negotiations regarding the future Apostolic Nuncio to Prague. The Czech-Vatican relations were strained and significantly disturbed; in fact, the situation could have easily escalated into an open rupture. It is neverthlees owing to to the activity of the above-mentioned officalis that the Holy See and Czechoslovakia avoided a complete severance of diplomatic relations.